DAHLIA I used to believe in soft things. Pink bows, sugar-sweet lattes, gentle love that knocked politely before it entered your life. Then Pietro Ferraro stepped back into mine. He was still the same storm I met five years ago-quiet, dangerous, watching the world like it owed him blood. But now he moves like a king, speaks like a threat, and carries violence the way other men carry wallets. When someone tries to put a knife in my chest, he doesn't hesitate . He steps in front of me. Bleeds for me. And when I kiss him out of fear and relief, he kisses me like he's been starving. But Pietro belongs to a world I was never meant to touch. Billionaires. Mafia rumors. Arranged engagements. Secrets that drip darker than the blood on his shoulder. He says he would kill for me. He looks at me like he already has. And the terrifying part? I think I would let him. PIETRO I was raised on loyalty, power, and the understanding that love is a weakness men like me cannot afford. Then there's Dahlia Quinn. Soft voice. Pink dresses. Eyes that look at me like I'm something worth saving. Someone tried to hurt her. That was their first mistake. The second was running. I don't lose sleep over violence. I don't regret what I do to men who deserve it. But when she kisses me in a parking lot, shaking and terrified, I almost lose control of everything I've spent years building. She doesn't know what I am. She doesn't know what my last name really means. She doesn't know that the blood on my hands would stain her forever if she got too close. But she's already too close. And if the world forces me to choose between my empire and her? I won't hesitate. I will burn the empire down. This is Book 1 in the Until Death Series. Reading Order: Kill for You, Die for You.